Hmmm.....


Not bad. Not wonderful though. With Sonya's lousy treatment in gameplay terms for MKA a little part of me hoped for a wonderful bio at least. What? A guy can dream can't he. Anyway, I like the direction Sonya's story is taking. Proves she still has some fight left in her. Perhaps 15 years of being shunned aside will be enough for her to catapult forward into MK8. I'd write more but there really isn't much I can say that hasn't already been wonderfully analysed by Queve.

Oh yeah, maybe you are right about the Taven part. And I really agree with you about the Mk8 part.

Yeah, theres really no new “character development” for Sonya in this bio, I agree and it does suck a bunch, I was expecting to finally see something a bit more new and sort of refreshing in her overall spirit, but even so, thanks to the new events, she can start off with something new, and hopefully, be improved in the future. Such “closure” is yet to be seen imo, this game has sealed almost nothing, if anything, it has opened more twists and questions.

But the one part I have to disagree with you (very much), is the one were you say that of all, she seems to have the least allies and enemies. Sonya is actually one of the protagonists who is involved with the most characters, and her history is big with allies and her enemies list is just as big as well, its more then just the few you mentioned.

Shes has been or is still directly involved with allies such as Rayden, Liu Kang, Johnny Cage, Jax, Cyrax, Kenshi. She is involved in someway, mostly minor but still involved, with other allies such as Sub-Zero (who joined them in a more permanent way sine Mk4, who she helped get through a portal she created with her SF team as well as all the other heroes), Kai (same as Sub-Zero), Kitana, Kung Lao, recently Ermac who helped free her from Onagas spell, and others that we can just pass by.

Besides, being leader of the Special Forces gives her a huge list of enemies that we all know very well. Shes got Kano, Jarek, Sektor, Mavado, Kira (though not mentioned in her bios or anything, Kiras MKD card said Sonya was one of her main enemies, and if she has been spying on her like Ed Boon implied in her card, then there might be more), and then we have those who are already directly involved with her though still, no interaction or mention has been said (mostly because Sonya seems to be unaware of this new reborn menace): Kabal, Kobra, Havik (who helped), Daegon, Hsu Hao (who betrayed them and came off as a traitor, but they gave him more to Jax instead, so he could have someone to deal with) and even Frost, who we all know Sonya despises and they even fought, no more was explored but theres still potential.

And aside from being a Special Forces, as a chosen warrior, she has to deal with main MK enemies, most are common to some of the other heroes, others not so much, like Shang Tsung (with him it could be more personal since not only did he capture her, but he also lied and killed her team, no more on that was explored), Goro, Shao Kahn, Onaga, Shinnok, Baraka (if we take that bit from MKSM as canon, we can assume it was him who captured her, and Tarkatans are either way main enemies), Quan Chi, etc.



Good to hear from you buddy. I hope you are doing fine. Thanks for the last comment, and I agree with your views as well.

In terms of closure I am in no way satisfied. I expect to see Sonya in MK8.

Ah, you're right. I forgot about Sub Zero and Ermac.

Liu Kang has Kung Lao, Johnny Cage, Sonya, Jax, Kitana, Raiden, Kai, Sub Zero, Shang Tsung, Shao Kahn, Fujin, Ermac. Sub Zero has his brother (or had his brother as an ally and Noob Saibot as an enemy), Smoke, Cyrax, Sektor, Frost, Scorpion, Kenshi, Hotaru. I guess compared to them, it seems a lot smaller for Sonya. Being the only female Earth hero isn't easy!

Sonya being one of Kira's enemies is something that should have been explained in this game, seeing that Kira was a new character in Deception whereas Sonya was nowhere to be seen (playable at least).

Who knows? What if Sonya could have made an enemy of Kira when she was under Onaga's control?

That's something that could be interesting. And Sonya in her bio would be like "Although Kira is a member of the Red Dragon, I do not know why she has this personal vendetta against me."

By the way, anyone ever had the feeling that Sonya was supposed to die in MK4? The fact that she died in two endings (not hers though) and her story said "She must survive long enough to warn the U.S. Governement of the impending menace brought about by Quan Chi". made it seem as if she was going to die.

In fact, did anyone notice that Sonya's probably the only character who was actually killed in non canon endings by her enemies (Jarek and Kano)?

Actually, it seems pretty much equal and balanced. While obviously Liu Kang will have more enemies then the rest of the cast because of his role in the story, Sonya still has a bunch to deal with, and good allies that could help her as well in the process. She is related with way too many characters. Its all pretty much balanced if you ask me, not smaller or bigger.

But I do agree with your Kira thoughts, that would be interesting. Good thinking. And yeah, being earths only female hero since Mk1 should be a pain in the ass.

But the part I don’t understand from your post is the last one, what do you mean the only character killed by her enemies?

Theres been loads of characters who have died in different non canon endings as well. Take Liu Kang in that game, killed by Shinnok (a main enemy), Rayden was also killed by Shinnok, Quan Chi killed Shinnok, then for example, in MKD/U Kitana was killed by Goro and Shao Kahn, Kano was “killed” by Sonya during Mk3, Mileena by Kitana at the end of Mk2, Kitana was killed by Reptile during Mk3, Mileena killed Kitana in MKG and vice versa, Sub-Zero was killed in Hotarus ending I think, Kenshi too, Quan Chi died in Sub-Zeros ending thanks to Scorpion, etc.

Almost all characters have died in one or two endings that are not theirs, so I don’t see what you ment by your last post. Maybe I misunderstood you.

Kenshi's MKD ending is that Hotaru was fighting Sub Zero. But Hotaru was about to Finish Subby but Kenshi did a sneak attack that ended Hotaru off.


Both Kenshi and Sub Zero surived that ending.

No so much with Hotaru, In that ending Hotaru killed Kenshi and took Subby prisoner and excueted Subby infront of the Dragon King.

I guess I'm always think of something that makes Sonya unique.

Shang Tsung has never killed Liu Kang in any of his endings and Scorpion merely defeated Sub Zero in his MK4 ending. Noob Saibot could be a little iffy as Sub Zero probably only then learned that Noob Saibot was his brother. And Sektor is a recent upcoming enemy of Sonya and he killed her, Jax and Cyrax in his MK Gold ending.

Sonya will be Sonya and as I'm sure that she'll be around for awhile, the MK team should make her an interesting character.

Shang Tsung eradicated the remaining lifes in hios MK3 ending and claimed every soul of Earth.